Pedicular
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Pedicular is an adjective meaning Of or relating to lice.
Meaning
Of or relating to lice.
More Meanings
- Caused by lice.
- Having the lousy distemper, phthiriasis; infested with lice.
- (biology) Relating to a stem or pedicle.
Example Sentences
It became a matter of suspicion, that the mons veneris might be the seat of a pedicular affection.
The pedicular diseases on this view of the subject may be the result of diabolical influence, the sensorium of every separate louse being the habitation of a distinct imp.
1750, Ephraim Chambers, Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, London: W. Innys et al., 6th edition, Volume 2, entry “Pedicularis morbus,” Herod is said to have died of the Pedicular disease.
1885, H. v. Ziemssen, Handbook of Diseases of the Skin, New York: William Wood, “The Parasitic Diseases of the Skin,” p. 540, Hebra did not meet with pedicular ulcers, nor did he find lice under or in the skin; they were to be found always either on the hair, hairy parts, or the clothes.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pediculous, pedicellarial, pediculate, lepidotrichial, pedical, pedicellar.
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